Date of source: الثلاثاء, آذار (مارس) 13, 2007
While some consider the proposed anti-terrorism law a violation of an individual’s freedom and privacy, others consider this proposed constitutional text to be a means of avoiding terrorist attacks in Egypt. Arguments about citizenship and article two are still the main subjects of all debates...
Date of source: الأحد, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 31, 2006
Pope Shenouda is apt to crown his papal mandate with a real reform in the church. The church embodied in some of its clergymen is supporting laymen groups to fight the conference. Labīb reveals an example of a group from Alexandria.
Date of source: الأربعاء, شباط (فبراير) 7, 2007
There is no median between a religious state and a civil state. Many observers consider the proposed constitutional amendments to be encouraging political Islamic groups. While Muslim groups deny any contradiction between article two of the Egyptian Constitution and the principles of citizenship,...
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 29, 2007
The crisis of al- Muqattam Church presided over by the so-called Maximus ? is experiencing new developments that may end the famous issue that preoccupied the church’s circles in Egypt last year, after the Greek Church did not recognize the religious legitimacy of Bishop Mavias and the priests that...
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 17, 2007
Coptic writers and intellectuals present their views on the reasons behind the inability of the Coptic Orthodox church to contain troublesome situations.
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 22, 2006
The problems of Copts revealed in the reform conference were not mainly related to the Coptic Orthodox Church; many of the church problems can be attributed to the political and social problems resulted from the duality between the stance of the law and the practices literally applied.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 12, 2006
The author of the article
argues that the church’s leaders should not be conflated with the church itself,
and that the problems
within the church should be addressed without accusations of heresy.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 19, 2006
A comment on an article by the Coptic intellectual Kamāl Ghubriyāl about schisms in the prospective movement Egyptians Against Religious Discrimination.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 12, 2006
The author discusses the failure of a group called Egyptians against
Religious
Discrimination, which advocates equality between Muslims and Christians in Egypt, due to the
members’
inability to overcome their religious sentiments.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آيار (مايو) 16, 2006
The
Orthodox
Church refuses liberalism although it is the only way for Christians to be saved from religious
fanaticism. The
Orthodox churches sermons fail to call for tolerance, making Christians even more
isolated.